Museum or Tourist Attraction? The Museum of Communism in Prague
- Why is it that one of the most visited museums in Prague, the Museum of Communism, is largely ignored by Czechs? Whose narrative is being presented here and who is being addressed? The article reviews the history and current permanent exhitition of this private museum and uses it to reflect on broader issues relating to the definition and functions of contemporary museums.
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0111 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Karolína Bukovská |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | Museum or Tourist Attraction? The Museum of Communism in Prague |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Release Date: | 2022/12/09 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2022/12/07 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2020/04/17 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | Commodification; Czech Republic; Glenn Spicker; Museum of Communism; Prague; Tourism |
| GND Keyword: | Tschechien; Kommunismus; Historisches Museum; Prag; Kommerzialisierung |
| Manifestation description (file/s) | |
| File Size: | 977 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
